Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Heron Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Heron Lake in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Heron Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Heron Lake, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Heron Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Heron Lake is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Heron Lake in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Heron Lake for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Heron Lake. See our Misc Page for Heron Lake for more information.